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The Real Hero of July 4, 1776

By Cecil Coffey

•

A Visit with Chaplain Roy Parker

By Caspar Nannes

•

Bagshot Park: Home of Royal Army Chaplains

By George A. Wright

Chaplains in the Mekong Delta

and the Traveler in Tokyo

By Robert F. Hemphill

JULY-AUGUST1969

ARTICLES

The Real Hero of July 4, 1776

CECIL COFFEY 3

A Visit with Chaplain

Roy Parker CASPAR NANNES 7

Bagshot Park: Home of Royal ArmyChaplains .... GEORGE A. WRIGHT 10

Chiefs of Chaplains, U.S. Army 16

Chaplains Commission Elects

Dr. C. Edward Brubaker 20

Roster of Former Chairmen of

the Commission 23

Chaplains in the Mekong Delta 26

Time and the Traveler in

Tokyo ROBERT F. HEMPHILL 30

Marine Sergeant Instructs NavyChaplains JOHN C. HANEY 38

Reigning Chaplain Passes

Kudos to Men 41

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Notes A.R.A. 1

Preaching Clinic. . JAMES T. CLELAND 35News Roundup 46Books 58

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A Book of Remembrance

FOR many years individual friends and chapel congregations

have sent in helpful gifts in varying amounts to support the

General Commission's ministry to service personnel. The church bodies

which maintain the Commission and operate it as their cooperative

instrument underwrite all its basic operating expenses. Special gifts,

however, enlarge the scope of the ministry and have always been im-

portant in its outreach and effectiveness.

Recently a mother sent a contribution in memory of her son whodied in Vietnam. This gift, in support of The Link magazine, was

the means she used to mark what would have been her boy's twenty-

fourth birthday. The son had received a personal copy of The Link

each month from his church at home and, after reading it, had passed

it along to his buddies.

The General Commission has now established a Memorial Fundfor the receipt of such gifts. The proceeds of the Fund will be used to

provide for the free distribution of The Link and other Commissionpublications.

A Book of Remembrance has been placed in the chapel of the

Chaplains' Memorial Building in Washington. Donors may supply the

names of individuals or identify men by ship or military unit to be

inscribed in the Book of Remembrance. The chapel and the Chaplains'

Memorial Building are open to visitors.

August 1969

THOUGHTS FOR DOG DAYS

IN literary usage and common parlance there are all kinds of

references to dogs. "Every dog has his day." "Love me, love my dog."

Shakespeare wrote of "dogs of war," and there always seem to be menin time of peace who think "the country is going to the dogs." (Perhaps

this is not an unreasonable prediction since the dog population in the

United States is now estimated at more than 25 million.)

It is bemusing to mull over the wide range of figures of speech,

folk wisdom and philosophical observations to which dogs unwit-

tingly have lent themselves.

There is a sweeping old saying that is particularly deflating andoffensive when turned against the hangups, fads, and crusades of

one's own generation: "One dog barks at nothing and all the rest bark

at him." It is always sobering and much more comfortable to look

back sheepishly at such things over a lapse of time and see how muchdistortion there was and how little of lasting value in all the fury.

Dag Hammarskjold was thinking of the demands of higher priori-

ties and larger perspectives when he observed that "on the field where

Ormuzd has challenged Ahriman to battle, he who chases away the

dogs is wasting time." Hard and dangerous tasks have always been

easy to escape by preoccupation and distraction in lesser matters.

Samuel Johnson thought that Alexander Pope had lost his poetic

cool when he wrote a pointed, undignified inscription for a dog's

collar:

I am his Highness' dog at Kew;

Pray, tell me sir, whose dog are you?

However, Pope's lines cut and level away a vast amount of preten-

tious nonsense from every humorless demagogue whether- he -speaks

from a throne, a soapbox, a lectern, television, or a printed column.

In a supporting vein in David Harum, where no poetic reputation was

at stake, we were reminded that in view of the limitations of the species

"a reasonable number of fleas is good for a dog. It keeps him from

brooding over bemg-a-deg."

Obviously a great many men do not take this life and its problems

and opportunities seriously enough, but they seem to be overshadowed

today by the grimly zealous, strident, destructive ones who want to

pull the house down to save it.

Therefore, a concluding, reassuring observation on perspective in

life is in order, drawn from these creatures who are supposed to re-

flect so many human foibles:

The little dogs barked but the caravan passed on.

-A.R.A.

The CHAPLAIN

By Cecil Coffey

^Jke f\eai ^J^rero or /jam 4, 17 7V

IN Philadelphia on the morning of

July 4, 1776, not all was well

in the white-paneled State Houseroom where the Second Continental

Congress was convened. Two days

earlier, the Congress had formally

declared the American colonies to

be independent of Great Britian. Now,after a short recess, many delegates

were not sure they had acted wisely.

There was still time to rescind the

action, and some were in favor of

doing so.

Hesitancy and uncertainty were

reflected in their faces as they listened

to young Thomas Jefferson read the

paper he had been commissioned to

write. It was entitled, "Declaration of

Independence," and was easily the

most inflammatory document ever

produced in the American colonies.

Approving it meant risking personal

necks as well as personal property—and every congressman knew it!

"It goes too far," some said.

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"The wrath of the whole British

army will fall on us if we approve

this paper," others asserted.

"The colonies are too young to

leave home," still another group

argued. "Even if we could gain in-

dependence, we couldn't stand alone."

Tempers ran high as a few ardent

patriots argued against any com-promise. It soon became evident,

however, that the\ Congress was in

no mood to approve the Declaration

as written. Compromise seemed to

be the only alternative to outright

rejection of the document.

Then a tall, heavyset man in his

middle fifties arose to speak. He was

dressed in the black cloth of the clergy

and had a dignified bearing that com-manded attention.

"Dr. John Witherspoon, delegate

from New Jersey, has the floor," an-

nounced President John Hancock.

Immediately the room was quiet, all

eyes focused on the speaker.

"There is a tide in the affairs of

men, a nick of time," Witherspoon

said, speaking slowly as if to empha-size every word. "We perceive it nowbefore us. To hesitate is to consent

to our own slavery. That noble in-

strument upon your table, which

insures immortality to its author.

should be subscribed this very morn-

ing by every pen in this house. Hethat will not respond to its accents

and strain every nerve to carry into

effect its provisions is unworthy the

name of freeman."*

He paused a moment, his eyes

sweeping the tense faces before him.

"For my own part," he continued,

"of property I have some, of reputa-

tion more. That reputation is staked,

that property is pledged on the issues

of this contest, and although these

gray hairs must soon descend into

the sepulchre, I would infinitely rather

that they descend thither by the hand

of the executioner than desert at this

crisis the sacred cause of my country."

For a moment the hush of the little

assembly was so intense as to be

almost painful. Then the delegates,

forgetting dignity and decorum, leaped

to their feet with shouts of decision.

Hesitation had vanished! Liberty was

preserved and the course of Americaset! Later, the Declaration of Inde-

pendence was inscribed on more suit-

able and more lasting material, with

every delegate signing it.

JOHN Witherspoon had been in

America for only eight years

when he spoke those immortal words.

Born in 1722 in the Presbyterian

parish of Yester, near Edinburgh,

Scotland— a parish of which his

father was minister— he was edu-

cated at the University of Edinburgh.

At the age of twenty-two, he took

charge of his first parish. He climbed

rapidly in ecclesiastical ranks until

he was one of the foremost clergymen

of the day, widely known on both

sides of the Atlantic.

In 1768, after more than two dec-

ades of church leadership in Scot-

land, Witherspoon accepted the presi-

dency of the College of New Jersey

at Princeton, and soon set sail for

America.

Upon arriving at Princeton, he set

about enlarging the curriculum and

improving facilities. Through his ownbrilliant example as a lecturer on

eloquence, history, philosophy, and

divinity, he encouraged methods of

instruction far more stimulating than

those formerly in vogue. His fame

as a divine, and soon also as a patriot

and statesman, added to the reputa-

tion of the college and attracted to it

many of the brightest and noblest of

American youths.

Witherspoon made Princeton and

patriotism synonymous. He showed

from the outset an unflinching sym-

pathy with the rising spirit of Ameri-

can opposition to British encroach-

ments. And he wasn't the least hesi-

tant about expressing his views to

his students. Frederick Frelinghousen

of the class of 1770, afterwards a

United States senator, voiced the

spirit of Witherspoon's Princeton.

"I have learned patriotism in Prince-

ton as well as Greek," he said upon

being graduated.

Records show that at least one

hundred of Witherspoon's students

became prominent leaders in the

American Revolution and the post-

war, formative years of the young

republic. One— James Madison — was

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president of the United States for

two terms: one became vice president.

Six were members of the Continental

Congress; forty-three were elected to

the United States Congress. Thirteen

became governors of states when there

were scarcely more than thirteen

states in the Union. Three were seated

on the bench of the U. S. SupremeCourt. Twenty served as officers in

the Continental Army under Washing-

ton. And, outside government circles,

fifteen became college presidents in a

day when colleges were few and far

between.

But Witherspoon' s activities were

not confined only to making future

leaders of his students. His patriotism

knew no bounds. By articles pub-

lished on both sides of the Atlantic,

by letters to friends in England and

Scotland, and by every means at

his command, the patriotic clergy-

man declared the rights of America.

Naturally, this did not set well with

the British, who were becoming moreand more aware of this bold man's

influence. After his part in the De-

claration of Independence becameknown. Witherspoon's life was in

constant danger from Tories and

British alike. Several times he nar-

rowly escaped capture.

Once British troops captured an-

other clergyman, whom they mis-

took for Witherspoon. The poor man

This statue of John Witherspoon,

the pioneer Presbyterian minister

who signed the Declaration of In-

dependence, stands at 18th and NSts., N.W., Washington, D.C.

was tortured and killed, and the

British boasted that they had gotten

rid of their worst enemy. Almostweekly, there were reports that Wither-

spoon had been burned in effigy by

British sympathizers.

MEANWHILE in the Contin-

ental Congress, Witherspoon

worked feverishly. He appeared on

more committees than any other mem-ber. "The chief duty of a Congress-

man is not to talk, but to work."* he

often declared.

He was a member of the secret

committee negotiating with France

for aid. He was on the board of war.

the finance committee, and the com-

mittee to procure supplies for the

army. It was largely through his ef-

forts that Washington's troops were

supplied after the gruesome winter

at Valley Forge.

From the outbreak of the Revolu-

tion to its close and through Ameri-

ca's early years as a republic, Wither-

spoon was devoted to the cause to

which he had pledged life and repu-

tation. Early in the war he urged an

immediate confederation of the colon-

ies. Looking into the future, he said:

"It is not impossible that in future

times all the states in one quarter of

the globe may see it proper by some

plan of union, to perpetuate security

and peace: and sure I am, a well-

planned confederacy among the

states of America may hand downthe blessings of peace and public

order to many generations."

After the war, Witherspoon refused

re-election to Congress and retired

to his home at Princeton. Always a

minister and educator first, he felt

that more time should be devoted to

his calling. But his counsel to Con-

gress and to the young republic con-

tinued until his death in 1794.

Two monuments stand today in

Witherspoon's honor. One is in Wash-ington, D. C, and the other is in

Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, on

both are inscribed the immortal

words of his nick-of-time speech.

But his speech and even he him-

self have been all but forgotten in the

swift onrush of events. And most

Americans go on celebrating the

Fourth of July, unaware of the real

hero on that day in 1776.

For Further Reading

American Historical Review, July 1896.

Forum, October 1896, pp. 217-24.

Pomfret, John E., "John Witherspoon,"

Dictionary of American Biography, XX,435-38.

Witherspoon, John, The Works of the Rev.

John Witherspoon. Vol. IV Philadelphia:

William H. Woodward. 1801.

Woods, David Walker, Jr., John Wither-

spoon. New York: Fleming H. Revell

Company. 1906.

FROM THE FILES

From 1812 to 1815 the Reverend

John Owen was British Chaplain

General to both the Army and Navy.

In 752 A. D. the Council of Ratisbon

(Regensburg) made official provision

for military Chaplains in the Western

Church.

A forerunner of the U. S. Naval

Academy at Annapolis was a school

for midshipmen in the Washington

Navy Yard conducted by a Presby-

terian chaplain, Andrew Hunter,

in 1812 and 1813.

The CHAPLAIN

By Caspar Nannes

A Visit with

Chaplain Roy Parker

Second in a series of visits with former

Chiefs of Chaplains by Caspar Nannes

THE small, slight chaplain shyly

entered the office of the ArmyChief of Chaplains in Washington and

timidly asked the officer in charge,

"Sir, why don't I get promoted? Whenam I going to become captain?"

The officer, Chaplain Roy Parker,

replied, "I don't know, but if you

give me your name I'll step over to

the files and get some information."

On his return, he told the inquiring

lieutenant, "I don't think there is a

chance for another year."

About a month later the chaplain

came back with the biggest captain

bars Parker had ever seen.

"When did you get promoted?" he

asked. "I have seen no orders."

"There were no orders," the manexplained. "My wife got tired of see-

ing me wear the old lieutenant bars

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so she went out and got these cap-

tain bars and said, 'Put them on and

wear them."'

"Well," Parker said, "You better

go to the finance officer and tell him,

for you will not get a captain's pay

unless he knows. You are the first

chaplain ever promoted to captain

by his wife."

The incident was one of the fun-

niest that Parker, Army Chief of

Chaplains from 1949-52, experienced

during his 35 years as a chaplain. Themost solemn was the communion ser-

vice he conducted in 1942 at Rabat,

Africa, the morning the men went

into combat.

"It was the last communion ser-

vice for many of them," he said.

"Many never survived."

Probably the incident that affected

7

Parker most contained both humorand solemnity. In 1949 he was on

duty with General Douglas Mac-Arthur's staff in Tokyo. One of his

duties was taking care of visiting

VIP's, including housing and trans-

portation. This particular day he was

having special difficulty obtaining

transportation for four visiting min-

isters and finally, in exasperation,

told his secretary, Laurie, 'Tm going

to get out of here for a while or I'll

blow my top."

Upon .his return Miss Laurie re-

ported that a young lieutenant had

called him. A few minutes later the

former again telephoned to tell Park-

er everything has been arranged. Asan afterthought, he said, "I have

another message for you. I think this

will please you even more. Do you

want me to read it or shall I send it

over to you?"

"Read it," Parker ordered. The

lieutenant did, informing the former

that he had been promoted to ArmyChief of Chaplains with the rank of

Major General.

Mrs. Parker, a petite and vivacious

person, recalled that she met him

afterward in the open yard on her

way back from a Japanese brush

painting class.

"He was white as a sheet," she said.

"My first thought was, 'What has

happened to Coleen, our daughter?'

But instead I asked, 'Roy, what is the

matter?'

"I've been appointed Chief of

Chaplains," he whispered.

When their teen-age daughter heard

the news instead of cheering she burst

into tears.

"Why did this have to happen to

us?" she cried. She was having a great

time in Tokyo with the other young

people and did not want to return to

Washington.

THE Hickory, Missouri, native

entered the Army chaplaincy

during World War I. He had been

serving as pastor of Tipton (Mo.)

Baptist Church when the conflict

broke out. After serving briefly as a

YMCA officer at Fort Riley, Parker

responded to a call for chaplains in

1917 and was sent to the chaplaincy

school at Camp Taylor, Kentucky.

"I felt I could do more for mychurch and my Lord by going into

the chaplaincy," he recalled.

The move was encouraged by Dr.

John Priest Greene, president of the

William Jewell College at Liberty,

Missouri, from which institution

Parker had graduated that year.

"You go ahead into the Army and

when you get out after the war go to

seminary," Greene advised. But Park-

er never got out of the army until he

retired in 1952, after 35 years as a

chaplain.

The year 1917 proved memorable

for Parker in another way; he met

his wife, Brazilia Ginsburg, daughter

of Baptist missionary parents in Brazil,

at a young peoples' Southern Baptist

Convention encampment. They were

married on August 1, 1918, and last

summer celebrated their 50th wed-

ding anniversary.

When Parker was serving as chap-

lain of the 2nd Armored Division

at Fort Benning, Ga., he became

good friends with General George

Patton. The outspoken general was

strong for the chaplains and firmly

supported the Easter Sunrise services.

One year Patton met Parker and asked

him about the service.

"Oh, we do not have much time,"

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the chaplain said. "If we do get one

up, will you take part in it?"

"Put me down," Patton answered.

People around the camp wondered

how the general, with his colorful

vocabulary, could take part in an

Easter Sunrise worship.

"He gave a beautiful message of

about 10 minutes," Parker recalled.

Patton was a great competitor,

whether it was playing polo or bridge

or fighting battles. Mrs. Patton, a

sweet and pretty woman, once told

Mrs. Parker that the general "never

entered any action or competition

without first going down on his knees

and asking the Lord that he do his

best. He did not ask to win, only to

do his best."

In looking back upon a career,

everyone recalls some embarrassing

moments. One such possibility Parker

deftly turned aside occurred at Pat-

ton's home. Every Sunday the gen-

eral would invite the officers and

their wives to his home for a social

hour. At one gathering the host ap-

proached the Southern Baptist min-

ister and asked, "Chaplain, what will

you have to drink?"

"Why, General," Parker replied,

"you know I never drink before sun-

down."

But the future Army Chief of Chap-lains did not get off so easy on an-

other occasion. During World War I

while stationed at Bristol, England,

he returned to camp late at night. Thesentry demanded the password, which

had been changed that day after

Parker left camp. When the chaplain

could not give the password, the sen-

try called the corporal of the guard.

The same result occurred, and the

corporal said, "Chaplain, I will have

to take you to the guardhouse to give

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you the proper instructions."

Parker recently remarked he had

been very happy that it was dark so

his men could not see him being

marched off to the guardhouse. Hespent only a few minutes there before

being released after receiving the

proper password.

TWO men greatly influenced the

budding young chaplain— John

T. Axton, first Army Chief of Chap-

lains, 1920-28, and C. C. Bateman,

the first chaplain Parker met after

he got his commission.

"Axton was a great organizer and

he really put the chaplains on the

map," Parker declared. "In the early

days a chaplain was pretty much on

his own. Axton, a Congregationalist,

had the foresight to see what could

be done by the chaplains and he in-

spired the young men."

Bateman, the Missourian recalled,

was a huge man with a bullhorn voice

and a wonderful head of hair. He took

Parker under his wing and became a

kind of second father to the young

chaplain.

Parker also served under General

Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines

from 1923-24 and in Tokyo, 1946-49.

"MacArthur was very good to the

chaplains," he declared.

It was during the tour of duty in

Tokyo, in 1948, that a memorableEaster Sunrise service was held, with

Parker in charge, in the Imperial

Palace Plaza. The chaplain said the

whole plaza was decorated with lilies

and a large Japanese choir sang.

After Parker retired in 195 2 he

went back to William Jewell College

as a professor of American History.

In 1958 he returned to the Washing-

( Continued on page 29)

By George A. Wright

(BaqAhot fijcuJc:

WHEREVER men and womenserve in Her Majesty's Forces,

chaplains and churches are provided

for their spiritual needs. In addition,

special centers called Church Houses

have been set up, the first of which

was opened in Jerusalem during the

Western Desert Campaign of World

Warll.When the war was over Church

Houses were put on a permanent

footing in various parts of the world

and Bagshot Park became in 1947,

both the Depot for Chaplains and

the Church House for the United

Kingdom. Here, ever since, groups

of men and women of all ranks have

met together and studied the Christian

faith and its impact on their lives and

work. Bagshot Park is situated in

Bagshot Village, at the Junction of

the A.30 and the Ascot road, the

A. 322.

The Courses

Every year about 35 Leadership,

Information, and Confirmation

10

Courses are held at Bagshot, and for

the most part they last from Mondayevening till Friday lunch time. Thetotal annual number of students and

visitors generally is about 3,000. In

addition, 12 conferences or courses

are held for Regular T & AVR and

ACF Chaplains, and Chaplains'

Assistants and the training of clergy

who come into the Army as chap-

lains. Ordination Candidates and

Lay Readers are guided and advised

from the Depot. Special lecturers

come to address groups on many of

the problems of our time, seen against

the background of the Christian faith.

ProgrammesProgrammes vary according to the

type of course. Each day begins and

ends with Prayers in the Depot Chapel

which is a beautiful memorial to

Chaplains who lost their lives between

1939 and 1945. The rest of the time

is normally taken up with talks, dis-

cussions, and films. Afternoons are

free for recreation, private study and

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The Royal Army Chaplain Depot, Bagshot Park, Surrey near London.

Retreat Center for Royal Army chaplains. Here groups of men and

women of all ranks meet to study the Christian faith.

interviews with the staff. It is not

surprising that in the atmosphere of

Bagshot Park, many personal prob-

lems are aired and advice offered and

received.

The object of the Courses is briefly

to tell what Christians believe, whyChristians believe, and how this can

be related to daily living. The theme

Methodist lads attending one of

the 35 Leadership, Information,

and Confirmation courses at Bag-

shot Park gather in the CommonRoom between a class session and

luncheon (at 1300 hours). The tea-

break was earlier (around 1100

hours).

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(L to R) The Rev. Wm. Jamieson,

M.B.E. (Meth); the Rev. Walter

Evans, M.B.E. , B.A. Warden of

RAC Depot; Chaplain G. A. Wright,

USN, Force Chaplain Naval Forces,

Europe; and LT COL Graeme Crew,

Curator RAC Museum, on occasion

of presentation of a U.S. NavyPlaque to the RAC Museum.

may not be new. but many students

appreciate the approach and methods

which are modern and helpful.

An Ideal Opportunity

Courses at Bagshot Park are a

recognized feature of the Army'sTraining Programme. The work has

the full support of the Army Boardin seeking to fulfil its responsibilities

to the serving soldier. The Wardenand Deputy Warden and all whouse the House are given every en-

couragement in their efforts for the

kingdom of God.

A Bagshot Course is official duty.

like any other Army Course, and the

courses are listed regularly in DCIs.

Vacancies are allotted to Garrisons

and Units and Chaplains assist Com-manding Officers who have the re-

A display of Royal Army Chaplains' uniforms in the Museum located at

Bagshot, RAC Depot. The museum is supervised by LT COL GraemeCrew, Secretary and Curator, a retired line officer.

The Memorial Chapel, Bagshot Park. Dedicated in 1951 by the Deputy

Chaplain General, the Rev. F. P. U. Alexander. At the same time Field

Marshall the Viscount Montgomery unveiled the memorial panels in

the Chancel bearing the 96 names of chaplains who gave their lives

during WWII.

sponsibility of selecting candidates

who will attend.

Administration

Staff: The present staff consists of

two Regular Army Chaplains whoare the Warden and Deputy Warden,

an Administrative Officer, and a

small military and civilian staff.

Dress: Uniform is worn daily for

morning lectures, but after 1300 hours

plain clothes may be worn.

Arrival: Students who travel by

train are met at Bagshot Station.

Those who wish may come by road

(public transport rate) and there is

adequate parking space.

Food and Accommodation: These

are both first class and the panelled

dining room of this one-time royal

mansion is a joy to behold. The Depot

Library and Museum are open to

students and the spacious grounds

are very attractive. All modern ameni-

ties are available including both in-

door and outdoor games, TV, and

normal mess facilities.

The House

The House was built on the instruc-

tions of HM Queen Victoria as a

residence for HRH Princess Louise

Margaret, daughter of King Frederick

George of Russia, who married HRHThe Duke of Connaught.

Construction started in 1875 under

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The Indian Room at the entrance

to the Memorial Chapel. Formerly

a billiard room, it was a wedding

gift to the Duke of Connaught

from the Princes of the Indian Native

States. Craftsmen from the Mayo

School of Art, Lahore, were em-

ployed under the supervision of

Ram Singh and the principal, J.

L. Kipling, the father of Rudyard

Kipling. Construction began in

1885 and was completed in 1887.

The room is now used for the

showing of training and religious

films.

the supervision of Lieutenant Colonel

Elphinstone, CRE Aldershot. The

main building was completed in 1879,

the North Wing being added in 1885.

The "Indian Room" (the billiard

room) was a wedding gift to HRHThe Duke of Connaught from the

Princes of the Indian Native States.

14

Craftsmen from the Mayo School of

Art, Lahore, were employed on the

work under their supervisor RamSingh and the principal, J. L. Kipling

(the father of Rudyard Kipling). These

two names are commemorated in

the panels above the lefthand fire-

place in the Billiard Room. Construc-

tion of the Billiard Room commenced

in 1885 and was completed in 1887.

Military Use Of Bagshot Park

On the death of HRH The Duke

of Connaught, Bagshot Park in 1942

was used as the ATS Staff College

until 1945, when it became an Offi-

cer Selection Center. In 1946 HM King

George VI offered it to the Chap-

lain General for use as the Depot

and Training Center of the RAChDThe offer was accepted and the War

Department was given a lease of 40

years. The first Chaplains Course

was held at Bagshot at the beginning

of 1947.

Pre-war the RAChD was in fact

the only Army Regiment or Corps

which did not have its own Depot.

During the 1939-45 War, the RAChD's

main Training Centers were at

Chester and Tidworth.

The Memorial Chapel was dedi-

cated on the 19th of July, 1951, by

the Chaplain General, The Rev.

Canon F. LI. Hughes, assisted by

the Deputy Chaplain General, The

Rev. F. P. U. Alexander. At the

same time Field Marshal The Vis-

count Montgomery of Alamein un-

veiled the memorial panels in the

Chancel bearing the names of Chap-

lains who gave their lives in the World

War of 1939-45. The names of 96

Chaplains of the RAChD of all

denominations are commemorated

thereon in addition to Chaplains of

The CHAPLAIN

The Deputy Warden, the Rev. Brian Dougall (Meth) addressing stu-

dents in the Lecture Room. The Rev. William Jamieson, M.B.E., Senior

Chaplain (Meth) at the Royal Army Base at Aldershot is seen in the

background.

Commonwealth Forces.

The Architects were Messrs. Lori-

mer and Matthews: the wood-carving

is by Messr. Scott Norton of Edin-

burgh and the Memorial window is

the work of Messr. Clokey of Belfast.

The Windows portray L. to R: a

POW Chaplain holding a service in-

side the barbed wire of his captivity;

Soldiers in North Africa: The figure

of Christ: Soldiers in NW Europe:

a Chaplain celebrating Holy Com-munion in the field.

END

FROM THE FILESMore on Chaplains and the Medal of Honor

Chaplain Parker C. Thompson of Fort Hamilton has identified for

us the three Civil War chaplains who received the nation's highest

award:

"During the Civil War the following U. S. Army chaplains (re-

ceived the award): Milton L. Haney, 55th Illinois near Atlanta; JohnM. Whitehead, 15th Indiana, at Murphreesboro; and Francis B. Hall,

16th New York, at Salem Church."

—See March-April, 1969, CHAPLAIN, p. 23

August. 1969 15

Chief of Chaplains, U.S. Army

The practice of having clergymen accompany American troops in

training and in battle is older than our nation. The need for an organ-

ized chaplaincy became increasingly apparent during World War I. OnJuly 15. 1920, the first Army Chief of Chaplains was appointed.

As a part of our continuing series on chaplaincy leadership wepresent a roster of the twelve chaplains who have served in the senior

administrative role.

John T. Axton

Chaplain (Colonel) USA15 July 1920—6 April 1928

Congregational

Edmund P. Easterbrook

Chaplain (Colonel) USA7 April 1928—27 December 1929

Methodist

The CHAPLAIN

Julian E. Yates

Chaplain (Colonel) USA23 December 1929—22 December 1933

Baptist

Alva J. Brasted

Chaplain (Colonel) USA23 December 1933—22 December 1937

Baptist

William R. Arnold

Chaplain (Major General) USA23 December 1937— 14 February 1945

Roman Catholic

Luther D.Miller

Chaplain (Major General) USA12 April 1945—July 1949

Protestant Episcopal

August 1969 17

Roy H. Parker

Chaplain (Major General) USA2 August 1949—27 May 1952

Baptist

Ivan L. Bennett

Chaplain (Major General) USA28 May 1952—30 April 1954

Baptist

Patrick J. RyanChaplain (Major General) USA

1 May 1954—30 October 1958

Roman Catholic

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Frank A. Tobey

Chaplain (Major General) USANovember 1958—31 October 1962

Baptist

The CHAPLAIN

Charles E. Brown, Jr.

Chaplain (Major General) USA1 November 1962—31 July 1967

Methodist

Francis L. SampsonChaplain (Major General) USA

18 August 1967—

Roman Catholic

THE FORRESTAL BUILDINGSnew home of the Army Chief of Chaplains, 10th and IndependenceAve., S. E., Washington, D. C. 20314

August 1969 19

Alexander to Brubaker:

office."

'I present this gavel, the symbol, of your

Chaplains Commission Elects

Dr. C. Edward Brubaker

THE REV. Dr. C. Edward Bru-

baker, pastor of The First Presby-

terian Church of Englewood, NewJersey, and a World War II NavyChaplain with service in the South

Pacific, was elected in March as the

20th Chairman of the General Com-mission on Chaplains and ArmedForces Personnel. Dr. Brubaker is a

former chairman of the Department

of Chaplains and Service Personnel

of the United Presbyterian Church,

USA.Other Commission officers elected

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for the new biennium by the delegates

from 35 denominations are Dr.

Harold Dekker, Vice Chairman,

Dean of Calvin Seminary, GrandRapids, Michigan; and the Rev.

Edward I. Swanson, also a Vice

Chairman, on the staff of the Episco-

pal Bishop for the Armed Forces,

New York City. The Recording Secre-

tary, the Rev. James J. Alexander,

of the national staff of the Presby-

terian Church in the U. S., Atlanta,

Georgia, was renamed to his position.

The Treasurer, the Rev. Dr. William

The CHAPLAIN

E. Flood, chaplaincy executive of

the American Baptist Convention,

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, also wasrenamed for another term.

Two executive staff members of the

Commission were reelected. They are

the Rev. Dr. A. Ray Appelquist of

Fairfax, Virginia, Executive Secretary

since 1962, and The Rev. Dr.

Two chairmen of denominational

chaplaincy commissions. Left, JohnCrowell of the Presbyterian Church,

US, and right, Dan Thomas of the

United Presbyterian Church, USA.

The Executive Secretary: "Howabout that! Another biennium to-

gether."

Sam Sobel (left), Navy, to Clarence

Hobgood of USAF and CAP: "That's

a pretty tall story."

C. T. Denbo (left) of Winona Lake,

Ind., greets H. R. Collins Lee of

Washington, D. C.

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Lawrence P. Fitzgerald of Silver

Spring. Maryland, editor of The Link

and departmental executive since 1957.

In addition to the election of of-

ficers the Commission members heard

reports from several working com-

mittees and from the Chiefs of

Chaplains of the Armed Forces andthe Director of Chaplaincy Services

of the Veterans Administration.

Dr. Brubaker, the new chairman of

the Commission, succeeds Dr. Karl

A. Olsson, President of North ParkCollege and Seminary, Chicago.

Illinois.

New members of the Commission's29-member Executive Committee are.

Bishop Paul V. Galloway, UnitedMethodist, Little Rock, Arkansas;

Bishop H. Ellis Finger, Jr., United

Methodist, Nashville. Tennessee:

Arthur Van Eck (left) of the Re-

formed Church in America talks

with Chaplain Hans Sandrock, the

executive of the Armed Forces

Chaplains Board. Chaplain Sand-

rock gave an illustrated lecture on

the Board and its program at the

Wednesday session.

Two Chiefs and the Director of VA Chaplaincy pictured with Brubakerand Alexander. From left to right: Chess, Kelly and Braaten.

33-*

!

*

feh

Four of the six officers of the Commission for the 1969-1971 biennium:

Left to right: Swanson, Brubaker, Alexander, and Appelquist. Flood

and Dekker unable to be present.

the Rev. Aaron B. Markuson,Evangelical Covenant Church,Chicago, Illinois; and the Rev. Dr.

Robert L. Stamper, Presbyterian

Church, U. S., Atlanta, Georgia.

Fellowship at the tables. Left to

right, in foreground: McLaughlin,Vivrett, Kregel, Knoff, Martinand Markuson. In background, left

to right: Thomas, Harriman, and Wood.

Cyril Best (left) of New York talks

with Bishop Harold Gosnell of SanAntonio.

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Roster of Former

Chairmen of the Commission

1917-1969

Photos of these men appeared in the May-June 1967 issue of The Chaplain,

pp. 62-65.

1917 Alfred Harding (Episcopal) 1852-1923

Protestant Episcopal bishop of Washington, D. C.

1918 William F. McDowell (Methodist) 1858-1937

Chancellor, Denver University; Methodist Bishop of Wash-ington, D. C. area.

1925 W. S. Abernethy (Baptist) 1872-1959

Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, D. C.

1929 Jason Noble Pierce (Congregational) 1880-1948

Chaplain (LTC) in A.E.F.; pastor, 1st Congregational

Churches, Washington, D. C, and San Francisco.

1931 James E. Freeman (Episcopal) 1866-1943

Lyman Beecher Lecturer at Yale— 1928, Protestant Episcopal

Bishop of Washington, D. C.

1935 Joseph R. Sizoo (Presbyterian) 1884-1966

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YMCA and Chaplain service with the A.E.F.: Collegiate

Church of St. Nicholas, New York City; Professor of

Religion, George Washington University, Washington, D. C.

1939 Rufus W. Weaver (Baptist) 1870-1947

President of Mercer University; pastor 1st Baptist Church,Washington, D. C.

1941 Adna W. Leonard (Methodist) 1894-1943

Methodist Bishop of the Washington, D. C, area, killed

plane crash in Iceland with LTG Frank M. Andrews.

1943 William B. Pugh (Presbyterian) 1889-1950

Chaplain in A.E.F.; Stated Clerk Presbyterian Church, USA;member, Central Committee of the World Council of

Churches.

1945 Henry Knox Sherrill (Episcopal) 1890-

Red Cross and Chaplain service in A.E.F.; Protestant

Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts, and presiding bishop.

President, National Council of Churches.

The CHAPLAIN

1947 Joseph C. Hazen (Baptist) 1873-1967

Corresponding Secretary, the American (Northern) Baptist

Convention.

1949 Charles W. Flint (Methodist) 1878-1964

President, Cornell College of Iowa; Chancellor, Syracuse

University; Chairman, Federal Board of Arbitration; Bishop

of the Methodist Church in Atlanta, Syracuse, and Wash-ington, D. C.

1950 Stewart M. Robinson (Presbyterian) 1893-1965

A.E.F. Chaplain, Editor, The Presbyterian; Author. The

Political Thought of Colonial Clergy.

1953 Willard M. Wickizer (Disciples) 1899-

Executive Chairman, Church Life and Work, and other

staff positions in the Christian Church (Disciples)

1955 Fred S. Buschmeyer (United Chruch of Christ) 1899-

Pastor, Westmoreland Congregational Church, Washington,

D. C, Director, Washington Office of National Council

of Churches.

1957 Reuben H. Mueller (Evangelical United Brethren) 1897-

U. S. Army instructor, 1918, President, Council of Bishops,

EUB Church: President, National Council of Churches.

1959 Henry I. Louttit (Episcopal) 1903-

Army Chaplain WWII; Protestant Episcopal Bishop of

South Florida.

1963 Claude H. Pritchard (Presbyterian) 1896-

Secretary, Division of Home Missions. Presbyterian Churchin the U. S.

1965 Karl A. Olsson (Evangelical Covenant) 1911-

Army Chaplain WWII; author; President of North Park

College and Seminary. Chicago.

AT YOUR SERVICE

Some helpful information from Hong Kong about church tours:

CHURCH INFORMATION CENTERFor Tourists & Visitors

80 Nathan Road, 1st Floor

(Entrance on Cameron Road)Office hours: Daily 10 a.m. to 12; 1p.m. to 6

Sunday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Tel. 665312-692549

Learn about the work of all churches in Hong Kong. Church tours &visits in homes are available. A cooperative effort spearheaded by

Lutherans and others.

August 1969 25

BINH THUY AIR BASE, RVN. OPEN-AIR MASS. Chaplain Juaire

celebrates mass at one of the many outposts in the Mekong Delta. Heand Chaplain Gallop fly from Binh Thuy Base as often as possible to

provide services for the few Americans stationed there.

Qhaplains in the zJYCekong ^Delta

BINH THUY AIR BASE (7AF)-Two Air Force chaplains at Binh

Thuy Air Base, in the heart of the

Mekong Delta in Vietnam, are con-

fronted with a situation that is quite

different from the life chaplains lead

on stateside bases.

Chaplain, MAJ, Walter L. Gallop,

36, Harbinger, N. C, and Chaplain,

CPT, Joseph A. Juaire, 45, Paw-tucket, R. I., agree that stateside,

the chaplaincy is quite similar to

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having a church in civilian life. Con-

gregations are fairly established and

there is a close unity between the

minister or priest and his parish. AtBinh Thuy, faces change continually

because of the constant rotation of

military personnel.

Although services are held regu-

larly at the base chapel a great deal

of the clergy work is outside of the

church. Flights are made as possible

to outlying posts throughout the

The CHAPLAIN

Mekong so that religious services

may be brought to the five or six

Americans that help man them. Openfields or empty airplane hangars

serve as places of worship.

The men at these posts are eager

to talk with someone new. Chaplains

spend hours listening to them speak

of home, their loved ones and their

anxieties. The men momentarily put

aside the thought of death by Viet

Cong bullets or mortar and tell of

the future to which they are looking.

The periods of isolation and danger

lead them to seek answers concerning

God and their relationship to him.

The Chaplains try to help them by

seeking with them the answer they

need.

While these fellowmen may not

always verbalize their love for God,

the chaplains find they express it in

their lives and actions.

Life in a bunker during a mortar

attack creates a closeness between the

chaplain and his men. His presence in

one of these moments awakens a

silent prayer for the well-being of all

concerned and a hope that all would

safely survive.

Acts of heroism and utter disregard

for one's safety are witnessed in such

moments when men remain exposed

to falling mortars trying to assist a

comrade wounded by the razor-like

shrapnel. "During these moments of

fear the men may or may not turn

to God, but all do think of him"

BINH THUY AIR BASE, RVN. Gifts for the New Year. Chaplain

Walter L. Gallop is assisted by a young Vietnamese lady as he hands

a gift package to a Vietnamese Air Force Sergeant. Over 3,000 depend-

ents of Vietnamese enlisted personnel were presented the gifts donated

by Binh Thay personnel to help celebrate Tet, the oriental New Year.

BINH THUY AIR BASE, RVN.—Perimeter Round. Airman First Class

Gary C. Dawkins (center), 21, Albany, Ga. smiles happily as Chaplain

Gallop (left) and Chaplain Juaire chat with him. The chaplains makedaily and night-time rounds talking with the security personnel.

At an Oriental New Year celebration, Chaplain Juaire presents a Tet

(New Year) gift to a youngster during a civic action party on BinhThuy Air Base.

states Juaire. "For many it is per-

haps the first prayer in a long time."

Chaplains Gallop and Juaire spend

quite a bit of their time assisting

with Civic Action Programs to benefit

some of the less fortunate Vietnamese

citizens. They see to it that food,

clothing, and other essentials sent by

people in the states are distributed to

orphanages and needy families.

Airmen from the base are very muchinvolved with these projects. "Thebasic goodness of the men in times

of lesser tension is demonstrated by

the airmen helping to build schools

and homes and donating money from

their own pockets to help these peo-

ple," commented Chaplain Gallop.

One of the toughest jobs encoun-

tered by the chaplains is that of

writing consoling letters to families

of men who have died in defense of

their country. The following excerpts

are from a letter Chaplain Juaire

received from a woman who recently

lost her husband.

"Thank you much for your most

consoling letter. It meant more than

I can say. I'm so glad that you hadthe opportunity to know my husband;

he was indeed a fine and religious

man. I know he was prepared to meet

God face to face. The feeling of

peace has been with me almost from

the moment that we knew he was no

longer with us — my 'Pilot Angel' rests

in the hand of God. Again, thank

you. Please remember my loved one

in your prayers." END

It isn't the things in the Bible I

don't understand that worry me; it's

the things I do understand.

—Mark Twain

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sermons preached anywhere in the

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Augusts 963

A VISIT WITHCHAPLAIN ROY PARKER(Continued from page 9)

ton area, serving as interim pastor of

several northern Virginia Baptist

churches and preaching extensively.

But since 1965 the former Chief of

Chaplains has been taking life moreleisurely with Mrs. Parker at their

apartment at 5473 Sanger Avenue,

Alexandria, Virginia. END29

By Robert F. Hemphill

(Time and the traveler

in (Tokyo

As a visitor to Tokyo, whether you

are picking up the threads of an

old romance with the world's largest

city or making your first tentative

gestures of acquaintance, you have

a problem. If you are to get the most

out of your visit, you have to sort

through a variety of attractive pos-

sibilities which compete for your

time. This requires difficult decisions

because, as one longtime foreign

resident puts it. you can find anything

you are looking for in Tokyo if you

just keep at it.

To trim down the wide compass of

possibilities the U. S. military manon leave in Tokyo often heads for

the USO on the Ginza (street signs

call it "Chuo-dori" now but nobodypays much attention) where he can

get reliable information and assistance

in a hurry. He may also check with

the tourist desk at his hotel or any

of the many travel agencies. Forthat matter, he'll find competenttravel and sightseeing consultants at

the major U. S. facilities in the Tokyoarea.

Getting around in the city presents

30

no great obstacle, as long as you in-

clude a modest time pad in your

planning to take care of occasional

traffic tie-ups. Except when it rains,

it's easy to hail a cab and their

rates are reasonable. Rail lines and

subways crisscross Japan's capital so

completely that usually you can tra-

vel without delay to a station within

easy walking distance or a short cab

ride of your destination. For the brave

in heart who have the right documen-

tation (an international or Japanese

driver's license) there are rental car

firms ready to put you in the driver's

seat— and in Japan it's on the right-

hand side, which can be stimulating

your first time out.

If you've got special interests, con-

sult the experts. Suppose, for example,

that you want to learn more about

the International Christian University

(widely known as "ICU"), founded in

1949 in one of Tokyo's suburbs, or

perhaps you've contributed through

your church or chapel program to

the Ivan L. Bennett Scholarship Fund(named in honor of the former Chief

of Army Chaplains) at the Tokyo

The CHAPLAIN

Union Theological Seminary, a neigh-

bor of ICUs, and want to visit the

institution which trains a majority of

Japan's Protestant pastors. The ex-

perts to consult in this situation are

located in the Public Relations Office

of the Kyodan (United Church of

Christ in Japan), room 401 of the

Kyobunkan, just a block away from

the USO. The English speaking staff

is prepared to arrange visits to all

church-related activities such as

schools, hospitals, and orphanages.

They will make all necessary appoint-

ments and introductions for you, put

maps and routing instructions in your

hand, and in some cases furnish guides.

One of the easiest things to find in

Tokyo is a church where you can

attend English language worship ser-

vices. Whatever your denominational

affiliation, you've got a friend in town.

To illustrate, the map on pages 32-33

shows relative locations within Tokyoof a representative selection of reli-

gious institutions and other establish-

ments of interest to the visitor. For

reference the Yamate Line, one of

Tokyo's most important transporta-

tion arteries which loops the center

of the city, is shown. Subway, rail and

street detail are purposely omitted

because maps with such information

are readily available to the visitor whocomes to Tokyo.

Below are listed the addresses and

telephone numbers of the places de-

picted on the map. Religious ser-

vices are in English unless otherwise

noted. You should call beforehand to

check schedules, or see the Friday

edition of The Japan Times (it's in

English) which devotes a full page

to religion, including locations and

times of more than forty-five reli-

gious services in Tokyo and vicinity.

Once you have decided which to

attend, ask the USO, or your hotel

clerk, or the Kyodan - PR office,

or the institution itself, about the

best way to get there, and you're off

on one of the experiences necessary to

round out your visit to this important

city.

For Religious Services

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon). 6-4 Kita Aoyama,3-chome, Minato-ku. Telephone: 400-3307.

First Church of Christ Scientist, 33, 1-chome, Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku.

Telephone: 581-0521.

Franciscan Chapel Center (Catholic), 2-37 Roppongi 4-chome, Minato-ku.

Telephone: 401-2141/2.

Ginza Church (Kyodan; Japanese language), 4-2-1, Ginza, Chuo-ku. Tele-

phone: 561-2569.

International Christian University Church (Protestant; bilingualJapanese-

English), 10-3, Osawa 3-chome, Mitaka-shi. Telephone: 0422-43-3131.

Japan Orthodox Church (Slavic and Japanese languages), 41, Nishi 4-chome,

Magome, Ota-ku. Telephone: 771-4003.

Jewish Community of Japan, 8-8, Hiroo 3-chome, Shibuyaku. Telephone:

400-2559.

(Continued on page 34

j

August 1969 31

Chuo Line

for Ogikubo and SeventhDayAdventist Church

for Mitaka and International

Christian University, and

Tokyo Union Theologica'Seminary

I Tokyo UnionChurch

Latter-Day SaintsChurch

ShibuyaStat ion

Tokyo Baptist

Church

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+ St. Mary'sCathedral

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Embassy|f Si. Alban's

Church

TokyoStation

D USO" Kyohunkan

GinzaChurch

Nicolaido (Greek Orthodox; Slavic and Japanese languages), 1-3, 4-chome,

Surugadai. Kanda. Telephone: 291-1885.

Reinanzaka Church (Kyodan: Japanese language), 1-13-6, Akasaka, Minato-

ku. Telephone: 584-4739.

Religious Society of Friends (Quaker). 8-19. 4-chome. Mita. Minato-ku.

Telephone: 45 1-7002'

Seventh Day Adventist Church. Amaguma 17-3, Suginami-ku. Telephone:

392-0716.

St. Alban's Church (Anglican-Episcopal), 10. Shiba, Sakae-cho, Minato-ku.

Telephone: 431-8534.

St. Ignatius Church (Catholic), 7, Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Telephone: 261-4478.

St. Mary's Cathedral of Tokyo (Catholic: Japanese language), 19 Sekiguchidai-

machi, Bunkyo-ku. Telephone: 943-2301, 941-3029.

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Sunday Worship at Toshi Center

Hotel. 6. 2-chome Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku. Telephone: 261-5266.

Tokyo Baptist Church, 33, Hachiyama-cho. Shibuya-ku. Telephone: 461-8425.

Tokyo Union Church (interdenominational), 7-7, 5-chome, Jingumae

Shibuya-ku. Telephone: 400-0047.

Other Points of Interest

American Embassy, 2, Aoi-cho, Akasaka, Minato-ku. Telephone: 583-7141.

Public Relations Office, Kyodan, Room 401, Kyobunkan, 5-1, Ginza 4-chome.

Chuo-ku. Telephone: 567-250F x-401.

Sands Club (U. S. military NCO and EM club). Pacific Stars and Stripes

Building, Aoyama Bochi-shita, Minato-ku. Telephone: 401-8914/5.

Sanno Hotel (Joint Services Officers' Open Mess; Sanno Transient Billeting

Facility). 1 1-3. 2-chome, Nagata-cho, Chiyoda-ku. Telephone: 591-9401.

Tokyo Union Theological Seminary, 10-30, Osawa 3-chome, Mitaka-shi.

Telephone: 0422-45-4185.

USO, Jujiya Building. 5-4. 3-chome. Ginza, Chuo-ku. Telephone: 561-9611,

511-7311/2.

YMCA of Tokvo, 7, Kanda Mitoshiro-cho, Chiyoda-ku. Telephone:

293-1911.

YYVCA of Japan. 8-8. Kudan Minami 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku. Telephone:

261-7167.

ABOUT YOUR V. A.

Nearly 32,000 children of deceased and disabled veterans will re-

ceive education aid this year.

V. A. training for doctors, nurses, and other medical personnelwill double in five years.

The V. A. trained more than 40,000 medical specialists at its 166

hospitals last year.

The V. A. is paying death indemnity compensation to more than663,000 dependents of 363, 000 deceased U. S. veterans.

34 The CHAPLAIN

The (Pentagon (Protestant (Pulpit

What on earth — or in heaven-are you going to preach about

at a service in a place like that?"

is a question which crossed my mind—and, no doubt, the minds of others.

In a country where church and state

walk, more or less, hand in hand to

the beat of the same drummer, one

accepts such a service as normal.

Isn't the Anglican Church said to be

the Conservative party at prayer?

But in a nation which rejoices— ex-

cept when grants of government moneyare involved — in the separation of

church and state, one is a wee bit

surprised to find a diet of worship

in a main alley of the Pentagon,

that West Point of West Point and the

military headquarters of our foreign

policy.

Yet here I was quite unreluctantly

Dr. Cleland is Dean ofthe Chapel,

August 1969

scheduled to preach for fifteen min-

utes of a Wednesday in this year of

grace at the Mid-Lenten thirty min-

utes of corporate, and very public,

worship. How does one start? Bi-

focally, of course! On the one hand.

Mid-Lent: something to do with

preparation for some event. GoodFriday or Easter or both: maybesomething to do with sin. which

caused Good Friday and Easter. Onthe other hand, the Pentagon: the

American Praetohum — originally, the

tent or headquarters of the praetor

or general in a Roman camp. Andout of the blue, like a flash of light-

ning on a Damascus road, two

phrases burst from my subconscious,

both from Paul's letter to Philippi:

"the whole praetorian guard" (1:13)

and "saints ... of Caesar's household."

Duke University, Durham, X.C.

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(4:22). And I was on my way! Com-mentaries and Roman history and the

Church Year had to be checked. The

time limit had to be remembered—

I

actually did the fifteen minutes in

twelve and one-half! But I had twin-

stars to steer by— Mid-Lent and the

Pentagon— and the course of the

sermon was set. Here it is for your

edification, encouragement, criticism,

warning. The Pentagonian natives

were not hostile.

Itis one of the flat facts of history

that the early church had quite a

criminal record. Many of its members,

and most of its leaders, almost com-

muted to prison. I sometimes wonder

if the Apostle Paul did not go to

jail just to be able to catch up on

his correspondence. You have heard

read as our Lesson, nine verses from

a letter he dictated in jail to his

favorite church, a church which he

had founded, set in a Roman colony

in Greece (Philippians 1:1-3, 12-14;

4:21-23). A Roman colony was initi-

ally a group of army veterans and

their families set in the midst of

hostile territory. Is that what Raul was

thinking of in his letter when he

called the church at Philippi: "a colony

of heaven" (3:20, Moffatt)?

There are three expressions worth

looking at here. The first is his ref-

erence to the whole Praetorian Guard(1:13). Paul's jailers were members of

the imperial lifeguards, the troops

originally hand-picked by Augustus,

and having the kind of renown which

the Regiments of the Guards now have

in Great Britain. These Roman troops

were the corps d' elite, serving for

sixteen years, and receiving three

times the pay of legionnaires. They

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knew their stuff; they did their thing.

The second expression is Caesar's

household (4:22). Paul is here re-

ferring to the non-military personnel

in the government employ, what wemight call "the civil service." Thephrase has no pertinent reference to

the members of the imperial family,

though it may include some of the

courtiers. Paul includes them in his

greeting at the end of his letter:

"The brethren who are with me greet

you. All the saints greet you, espe-

cially those of Caesar's household."

The latter group was probably not

Paul's converts— members of the

Praetorian Guard— but folk who had

accepted Christianity from other

wandering evangelists.

But it is the third expression, a

single noun, which intrigues me most,

that word used just prior to "Caesar's

household": saints (22). For us a

saint is an unusually consecrated,

holy, and godly person, whose atti-

tude is marked by piety and whose

behavior is distinguished by genuine,

though unobtrusive, good works.

Those of us who are Protestants

hardly ever use the word about any-

body, and -we- would be embarrassed

to the point of knock-kneed con-

fusion, if anyone used it of us. Paul

used the word more pedestrianly, and

more validly. A saint is a sinner whoknows he is a sinner, but who would

like to do something about it, in

the eyes of God and in the companyof sinners of like mind. A person is

a member of a Pauline church not

because he is good or virutous or

angelic, but because he is aware of

what he is and would like to be

somewhat different. He is a saint

because of whom he belongs to: Jesus

the Christ, the head of the Church.

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Now there is an interesting com-

bination: the regiment of the

guards, the civil service, and saints.

It suggests that Paul would have

been somewhat at home in this Penta-

gon service.

Paul knew the Roman army and

was grateful for it. If it had not

been for the law and order of Rome,for roads made safe, and waters swept

clear of pirates, Paul would have been

a dead duck early in his ministry.

There are three army officers, cen-

turions, mentioned in the New Testa-

ment in a most favorable light. Thehighest compliment that Jesus paid

anyone was said of a centurion: "I

have never found faith like this any-

where in Israel!" (Luke 7:9, Phillips).

The officer in charge of the cruci-

fixion almost returned the courtesy,

when he said of the dead Jesus: "Hemust indeed have been a son of

God!" (Mark 15:39, Phillips). Thefirst non-Jewish convert to Chris-

tianity was a Roman centurion by

the name of Cornelius (Acts 10:1-22).

That caused a raising of eyebrows in

conservative Christian circles in Jeru-

salem. So Paul— himself a Civis

Romanus, a native-born citizen of the

Roman empire (Acts 22:29) — with the

Praetorian Guard for his jailers, and

with employees of Caesar's house-

hold as fellow-members in the church

would have been more than somewhatat home right here in this service in

the midst of this Praetorium.

"But," you say to me, "you are

probably more gracious than exact

in what you say about us as com-parable to the Guard and Caesar's

household. But what about that word'saint'? I think I heard what you

said, but spell it out." O.K. Paul's

conversion, his turning around, his

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new mind-set, because of his experi-

ence of the indwelling spirit of Christ,

made him a religious democrat (with

a very small "d"). He had joined the

democratic society of sinners whoknow they are sinners, who know they

are forgiven sinners, who know they

are recurring sinners in need of for-

giveness all over again. And when one

majors in that point of view, then he

is, for Paul, a "saint." Now that does

things to a person. It keeps him from

having a good conceit of himself—

and that was rough on Paul because

he had no hereditary humility. Hewas a proud son of Israel. A saint

is one who realizes that the one

fundamental difference among peo-

ple is that some are forgiven sinners,

and others are ordinary sinners, but

all are sinners: Jews, Christians,

Greeks, Romans, Americans, and the

rest. So he loves them all, that is,

he has good will toward them all.

He can't figure out any better wayof rubbing shoulders with other folk,

in any church or jail; in any Philippi,

or Rome, or Washington.

So it is a good thing for us to

take time-out during Lent, from our

necessary chores in the Praetorian

Guard or in the multifaceted duties

of Caesar's household, to remind

ourselves that we are— or can be—"saints" in the Pauline sense: sinners

who know both the persistence of

sin and the joy of forgiveness, and

who have come together now, at

this weekday noon hour, to recognize

that double fact of persistent sin

and recurring forgiveness, which is

so descriptive of our daily life.

And as Paul said at the beginning

of this letter: Grace to you and peace

from God our Father and the Lord

Jesus Christ (1:2). END37

Marine

Sergeant

nstructs

Navy

Chaplains

By John C. Haney

1SGT M. E. Christensen, USMC:"I'm glad you asked that question."

The marines have landed and the

situation is well in hand." Thetime-honored phrase can now be

spoken concerning the Naval Chap-

lains School, Newport, Rhode Island.

For the first time in history, the

school has on its staff, a noncom-missioned officer of the United States

Marine Corps in the person of 1SGTM. E. Christensen, a Marine of 17 V2

years" service.

Newly commissioned chaplains

arriving for orientation training dis-

play the same initial shock on their

faces as do many "boots" when first

confronted by a Marine noncommis-sioned officer at Marine Corps Re-

38

cruit Depot, San Diego or Parris

Island. But 1SGT Christensen, having

served three tours as a drill instructor

at Parris Island, quickly puts the

neophite chaplains at ease.

Displaying the traditional skill of the

professional Marine. 1SGT Christen-

sen soon had the chaplains shining

shoes, polishing brass buckles, prac-

ticing snappy salutes, as part of the

first few hours of orientation. Classes

then follow on the mission of the

Marine Corps, its structure, operating

forces, personal response program in

Vietnam, which are designed to intro-

duce the chaplains to the varied types

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b tm

- U. S. NAVAL

,HAPLAINS SCHOOL

1MINISTRATIVE OFFICES

2KB DECK

The well-groomed drill instructor, 1SGT Christensen, stands by the sign

that identifies theU. S. Naval Chaplains School.

The Sergeant instructs Chaplains Farrow, Kelly, Broughton, andGermano in the proper folding of the flag during a simulated graveside

of dut\ they may expect with the

Marine Corps.

Since approximately 100 Navy chap-

lains are on duty constantly with

ground forces in Vietnam and since

the Marine Corps plays such a vital

role in current world commitments,

the addition to the chaplains school

staff of a Marine is extremely timely.

Many of the new chaplains are des-

tined for duty with Marines on their

tour of duty out of chaplains* school.

Indeed, it is not unusual to find one-

half of the chaplains in any given

class bound for duty with Marine

units.

1SGT Christensen is a native of

Louisville. Kentucky and entered the

Marine Corps in 1951. Besides three

tours of dutv at Parris Island, he

served at Camp Lejeune, and with

the First Marine Division in Korea

and Okinawa, the Naval Air Station

at Atsugi, the Third Marine Division

in Vietnam, Camp Pendleton, and

San Diego.

His personal awards include the

Bronze Star, with Combat "V," the

Navy Commendation Medal with

Combat "V," and the Purple Heart.

Any afternoon following daily

classes, the casual observer may be

startled to see the 1SGT pacing his

chaplain "troopers" around the track

giving them physical training, and

good-naturedly accepting the grunts

and groans as he conditions today's

new breed of Navy chaplain for ser-

vice with the Navy and Marine Corps.

END

FROM THE FILESMore on Federal Academy Graduates Now Serving as Chaplains

(See Feb. 1969 CHAPLAIN, p. 33.)

Chaplain Robert F. McComas of the Naval Academy notifies us that

we should add his colleague, John F. Laboon, RC, to the list of An-napolis grads.

Chaplain William F. DeVeaux, AME, writes that he is honored to be

included in the list. However, instead of an academy graduate he wasa "distinguished ROTC graduate" at Howard University and partici-

pated in the Chief of Chaplains excess leave program in that category.

Several additional academy men are now in seminary on the excess

leave program with the intention to come on A/D in the next few years.

As an added item of interest we wrote the several state academies

and maritime colleges on this same subject and received the following

information:

VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTEW. Scott Bennett, ArmyFrans R. Kasteel, ArmyJames M. Warrington, Air Force

MARITIME COLLEGE: STATEUNIVERSITY OF NEWYORKRussell H. Roe, Army

40 The CHAPLAIN

Reignin

Chaplain

Passes

Kudos

to Men

DA NANG (7AF)- Darkness veil-

ing the flightline at Da Nang Air

Base is violated by the glow of

bluish lights along the aircraft revet-

ments, the distant whine of jet engines,

and the click of a man's boots against

the concrete expanse.

A lone figure strolls among the

guards standing vigil and mechanics

straining with heavy maintenance

equipment. Bits of conversation slice

the stillness.

As the figure steps from the shad-

ows, an airman's face lights up with

recognition as he spots two make-shift handles welded to the other's

helmet, and a plastic badge flapping

from his pocket. The badge reads:

"The Old Ramp Tramper."

Air Force Chaplain (CPT) EdwardH. Tickner, 40, Miami, Florida, walks

the huge Da Nang flightline nightly

after a regular day's duties as chap-

August 1969

DA NANG (7AF)-THE OLDRAMP TRAMPER. He's not really

from outer space. He's Chaplain

(CPT) Edward H. Tickner, from

Miami, Fla., making his night

rounds on the flightline at Da NangAir Base. The two antenna-looking

gadgets on the helmet are "for

pulling the helmet down hard with

both hands during an enemy rocket

attack."

lain of the 366 Tactical Fighter Wingat the Air Force's northernmost base

in the Republic of Vietnam. The

comical signature of service he wears

at his chest and the handles on his

steel pot ("to pull the helmet downaround my ears during a rocket

attack," he grins) herald his approach

to the runway's night workers.

Between midnight and 5:30 A.M.

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Chaplain Tickner talks to Airman First Class Lester K. Wright, 20,

from Doniphan, Mo. They smile as they talk about a quiet night, so far;

but the night isn't over for either Wright or Tickner.

Tickner makes his rounds. "We can

almost set our watches by The OldRamp Tramper,'" beamed one secu-

rity guard from his reveted guard

post. "If he doesn't show up, wereally get concerned."

Tickner volunteered for the job a

few months ago and wouldn't con-

sider driving the route. "Apart frombeing closer to the men this way.

walking keeps me in good physical

condition." he said affably. "I've

lost five inches in the waist since I

started."*

The chaplain takes six hours to makethe five-mile rounds. He pops in andout of hangars, buildings, and revet-

ments, even if just to clap a sweating

42

mechanic on the back and ask "Howya doing?"

"I let the men do most of the

talking though," he explained. "It's

not hard to get them started, because

of the often-dull conditions they work

under. It can get lonely out there at

night."

Tickner's official job begins at 8

P.M. when he visits the 366th USAFDispensary and the 22nd Casualty

Staging Flight. He talks to patients,

helps out however he can, shares a

pot of coffee and leaves at 10 P. M.From the hospital he goes to his

office in the chapel to catch up on

his paperwork and perhaps a momentof meditation. He then hurries to

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the dining hall for an 1 1 o'clock meal

and on to the flightline until 5:30

A.M.But his workday is not over yet.

Every morning at eight he conducts

Episcopal services and communion.Tickner was recently laureled for

his untiring efforts, chosen by Head-

quarters U.S. Air Force for the Ter-

ence P. Finnegan Award. Named for

the second Air Force Chief of Chap-lains, Major General (ret.) Terence

P. Finnegan, the award was estab-

lished to recognize the chaplain whomakes the greatest contribution to

unmarried airmen ministry each year.

Tickner received the plaudit in

Washington, D.C., October, 1968, at

the Annual Chaplains Conference.

Although Tickner was ordained an

Episcopal minister in 1959, he con-

fesses that he only recently discovered

his ecclesiastical raison d'etre.k

T think my ministry really started

on the flightline during the TET(Vietnamese Lunar New Year) offen-

sive this year. Those young guys were

so terrified. I felt that if a chap-

lain was there with them it would

help. I really preferred to be out there

on the line and see the attacks and

talk to the men than sit it out under

my bed.

"Mv success," Tickner said seriouslv.

MIDNIGHT CHOW TIME. Chaplain Tickner, before heading for the

flightline, enjoys a midnight meal with CPT William E. Dixon of Crosett,

Ark. Tickner and Dixon met back at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas,

before coming to the Da Nang Air Base.

iREVETMENT CHAT. "The old ramp tramp," Chaplain Edward H.

Tickner, stops in an F-4 Phantom revetment to chat with two jet engine

mechanics during his nightly rounds. Here he talks with Airman First

Class James P. Taylor, 19, Lake Wales, Fla., and Sgt. Robt. D. Caler, 22,

Fayetteville, Ark.

"if I indeed have any with the air-

men, must stem from the fact that I

was once enlisted. I can talk their

language."

Tickner was a staff sergeant and a

cryptographic technician. He served

at Walker Air Force Base, New Mex-ico; MacDill AFB, Florida; andOkinawa before separating from the

Air Force in 1953.

A short time later, he enrolled at

Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida,

where he graduated in 1956 with a

bachelor of science degree in history.

While at Rollins, he was elected to

the National Social Science HonorSociety and to Pi Gamma Nu.

Tickner had his mind set on the

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ministry, and he immediately pur-

sued his goal. He entered the General

Theological Seminary in New YorkCity and was graduated in 1959. Hewas ordained to the diaconate in

June, and in December of the sameyear received his priesthood.

His first church was in Lake Worth,

Florida, where he was assistant to

the rector for more than a year. Hethen went to Wauchula, Florida, as

vicar for two years. While Tickner and

his wife, the former Gloria M. Ben-

field of Staten Island, New York, were

working with the St. Anne's con-

gregation in Wauchula, they decided

to adopt twin boys. Timothy Geneand James Dean are now seven years

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old. among 300 nominees after having

His next location was the St. Thomas represented Da Nang. He was then

Church in Miami where he served chosen to represent the Pacific Air

as assistant to the rector. His job Forces Command, Final determina-

involved primarily youth work. He tion for the service-wide selection

stayed there two years and moved to was made at the Pentagon,

the Miami Saint Simons Church as "I really couldn't believe it," Tick-

Vicar where he stayed until entering ner exclaimed. "The first thing I

the Air Force in March, 1966. thought about was going back to the

Since then the chaplain has had only States for a few days to celebrate."

two assignments; Sheppard Air Force But with characteristic humility he

Base, Texas, and Da Nang Air Base, added, "The boys on the line did it,

Republic of Vietnam. not me. I don't feel that I actually

The "Old Ramp Tramper" was did that much. They're the ones whoselected for the Finnegan Award from truly won us the award." END

THE SHEEP

by Francois Pasqualini

During World War II, a U. S. Air Force lieutenant stationed in Cor-

sica killed a sheep while driving his jeep on a curvy mountain road.

Commenting on the incident in his inimitable, tongue-in-cheek style,

he later illustrated the inconvenience of linguistic shortcomings in

the following way:

"As far as I could gather from the angry shepherd's speech, the

man wanted 200 francs for the damage. But I let my interpreter talk

to him, and I finally paid 400 francs for it."

Civil order and civil justice are not two goals. They are one.

—Hubert H. Humphrey

ECUMENICITY IN THE NETHERLANDS

The January 1969 issues of the Netherlands' National Christian

Officers' Association monthly, "Appel" (Vol. 64, No. 1) and the RomanCatholic Officers' Association's "Centurio" (Vol. 19, No. 1), are ap-

pearing as a joint publication. Four such combined issues are planned

for 1969. Last November the two associations held their annual meet-

ings together at 'sHertogenbosch. The population of the Netherlands

is almost equally divided between Protestants (mostly belonging to two

major Reformed denominations), Roman Catholics, and those professing

no religious faith or affiliation. Each of the two major faith groupings

still has its own chiefs of chaplains in the three military services.

—Herman J. Kregel

August 1969 45

CAM RANH BAY, South Vietnam.Two chaplains here reminisce

about the early days in their careers

when both served as First Sergeants.

Chaplain (LTC) Palmer (left) andChaplain (MAJ) Bentley (right).

46

FORT CARSON, COLO. Chaplain

(MAJ) Sylvester Shannon (right)

has his Legion of Merit Awardpinned on by MG Roland M. Gles-

zer, CO, 5th Inf Div (Mech) andFort Carson. Chaplain Shannonearned his award in Vietnam while

serving as Brigade Chaplain, 2nd

Brigade, 25th Inf. He provided moral

and spiritual support for his menand brought aid to needy civilians.

Chaplain Raymond J. Foley, Asst. Div. Chaplain, 1st Air Cav Div.,

conducts services for the men of the 506th Inf. 82nd Airborne Div at

LZ Odessa. A "log-bird" laden with supplies hovers in the background.

COL Allan C. Torgerson, Chief

of Staff, Support Command, CamRanh Bay (center), receives a GCCCertificate of Appreciation for

his outstanding assistance andleadership in the religious pro-

gram at Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam.

Presenting the Certificate are Ch(LTC) Willis W. Wessman (left)

and Ch (LTC) Elmer Palmer (right).

MTT-

From his box altar, 1st Air CavDiv Chaplain, LTC Michael Rus-

nock, holds Catholic services for

men of several groups at LZ Odessa.

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ROA'S CHAPLAIN OF THE YEARCAPT Edward Johnson Hemphill,

Jr., CHC, USN, for 25 years a

Navy chaplain, was named the

ROA'S Chaplain of the Year for

1969. A United Methodist minister,

Chaplain Hemphill's sea service

includes tours of duty on seven

Navy ships. During his tours of

shore duty in Italy, Washington,

Quantico, Norfolk, San Diego and

other stations, Chaplain Hemphill

has been noted for his planning

and writing activities.

Chaplain Hemphill makes his homeon Capitol Hill in Washington.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, ELMENDORF AFB, ALASKASeated (left to right): Chaplain Smith; Dr. Jordan; Dr. Clinebell,

Jr.; Chaplain Stevens.

Standing (left to right): Chaplains Stephenson; Lantz; White; Roberts;

Gardella; Coleman; Gilliam; Keeney; Tomme; Schroeder; Millsaps;

Christianson; Fruechte; Tolbert; Barber; Morgan; Hollenbeck; Reather;

Hermanson; Robinson; Wood; Cox.

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•

mr

Chiefs of Chaplains, USA, USAF,and USN, discuss their chaplaincy

programs at a luncheon given

by the Armed Forces Chaplains

Board in honor of the Chief of

Chaplains of the Israel Defense

Force.

Shown in the picture (left to right)

are: Major General Shlomo Goren,

Chief of Chaplains, Israel Defense

Forces; and Rear Admiral JamesW. Kelly, CHC, USN, Chief of

Chaplains, USN. The Israeli Chief

of Chaplains was on a visit to the

USA.

I

During WW II, two German sub-

marines, U-550 and U-853, were

detected and sunk near Block Is-

land. From each submarine one

body was washed ashore. Although

anti-German feelings were strong,

the people of Newport, R. I., gave

burial space for the bodies in Is-

land Cemetery Annex.

In March, 1969, a wreath-laying

ceremony was held by the officers

and crew of the West Germandestroyer Lutjens. These military

personnel have been undergoing

instruction and training at the

U. S. Naval Fleet Training Center,

Newport.

Officers in the foreground (left

to right) CDR Gerhard Bing of

the Lutjens; CAPT Pemberton

Southard, USN; and Chaplain

Merle Strickland, CHC, USN.

SUKIRAN, OKINAWA. Lieuten-

ant General James P. Lampert(right), U.S. High Commissioner of

the Ryukyu Islands talks_ with

Chaplain, Major General, Francis

L. Sampson during his courtesy

call on the High Commissionerlast February.

August 1969 49

CAPT Robt. F. McComas, CHC,

USN, senior chaplain at the U. S.

Naval Academy, has received the

Distinguished Alumnus Awardfrom Boston University's School

of Theology. Making the presenta-

tion at the school's annual alumni

dinner was Boston University's

President ArlandF. Christ-Janer.

SENIOR CHAPLAINS GRADUATE.28 JAN 1969 at Maxwell Air Force

Base. Lt Gen A. P. Clark, CO of

Air University (right) presents the

symbolic class diploma to Ch, Lt

Col, Albert H. Lindemann, presi-

dent of the student council, at

graduation ceremonies for Class

69-A Senior Chaplain Course at

the Air Force Chaplain School.

GROUP PICTURE AT GRADUATION. 26 Air Force chaplains com-

plete the Senior Chaplain Course at the Chaplain School. Front Row(left to right) faculty: Chaplains Brown; Pritz; Denehy; Sylwester;

Kingsley; and Senior M/Sgt Lassonde.

Second Row: Chaplains Slagle; Yashkas; Powell; Gerdel; Monsen;Kleinhans; Lindemann; Ryan.Third Row: Chaplains Copeland; Hunt; Klein; Ludlum; Ansted; Moran;Porter.

Fourth Row: Chaplains Alt; Freed; Arendsee; Roller; Smith; Anderson;

Calkins; Bedingfield; Mineau; Squires; McDonald.

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Chaplain, COL, William J. King,

USAF, has his eagles pinned on by

Chaplain, COL, William L. Travers,

Staff Chaplain, 22nd Air Force,

and his wife, Mrs. Clarice King.

Seminar-Workshop at Berkeley onAlcohol Problems in the SeminaryCurriculum: 21 representatives of

14 seminaries attended. L to Rare: Chaplain Herman J. Kregel,

Dir.; Dr. Robt. C. Leslie, head of

Dept. of Pastoral Psychology and

Counseling, Pacific School of Reli-

gion and WWII Army chaplain and

more recently frequent leader of

workshops for Army and Air Force

chaplain programs; and Richard

B. Cheatham, Ch (COL) USA-Ret.,

newly appointed Director of Studies

and Training.

A special 3-handled shovel is used

to break the ground for the newReligious Activities Bldg. at Fort

Benning. L to R: MG John M.Wright, Jr. CO, Ft. Benning; C. E.

Gates, Pres. Williams Constr. Co.;

Ch, COL, Holland Hope, post

chaplain.

August 1969

On his visit to Vietnam last Jan-

Feb, Chief of Army Chaplains

Francis L. Sampson was presented

with a memento as a remembrance

by the three Chiefs of Chaplains of

the Republic of Vietnam.

Ch, MAJ, Edward L. Gard, USAF(left) and MSGT H. Dale Lilly con-

gratulate SSGT Philip E. G. Haman honor graduate of the Chaplain

Services Specialist School at Kees-

ler Air Force Base, Miss.

The Joint Service Commendation

Medal awarded Ch, LTC, John

D. Benson is admired by Ch, COL,Harold B. Lawson, Staff Chap-

lain, 5th U.S. Army. The medal

was awarded Chaplain Benson for

exceptionally meritorious service

at Fort Amador, Panama Canal

Zone. Ch Benson is now Deputy

Staff Chaplain for Reserve Affairs,

Hq. 5th U.S. Army.

Navy Catholic Chaplain EdwinBohula (left) congratulates Brother

John Tabor after receiving the

Schwarz Memorial Chalice in Da-Nang, Vietnam. The Most Rever-

end Peter Chi, Archbishop of Da-Nang (center) made the presenta-

tion at the St. John's Seminary,

DaNang. The chalice was sent

from Chicago, 111., by Mr. and Mrs.

Chas. Schwarz in memory of their

son lost in Vietnam.

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FORT MEADE, Md. It is not very

often that more than one Jewish

Army chaplain is found under the

same roof, but from Mar 11-13, one

colonel and five captains, all of

them rabbis, managed to get to-

gether for a retreat of First ArmyJewish chaplains here at Fort

Meade. The retreat was organized

by Ch (CPT) Sanford L. Dresin,

Fort Meade's Jewish chaplain.

The aim of the retreat was to

give Jewish Army chaplains an op-

portunity to get together and dis-

cuss mutual problems and exchange

ideas. The chaplains plan to makethis retreat an annual event.

Pictured above are the five chap-

lains who attended (left to right):

Chaplain Sanford L. Dresin; Chap-

lain (COL) Joseph B. Messing,

senior Jewish chaplain in the Army;Chaplain David H. Bader; Chaplain

Franklin C. Breslau; and Chaplain

Ira A. Bader.

CHAPLAIN COMPLETES RECON-DO TRAINING—Ch, CPT, MaxD. Sullivan, Fort Carson, Colo.,

was the first chaplain to be gradu-

ated from the 5th Army Recondo

Training Center. He graduated on

29 Jan 1969 after a 3-week Recondo

Course which covers 16 hours of

intensive training every day.

GEN Westmoreland proposed the

name Recondo, a contraction of

the words reconnaissance, com-

mando, and doughboy. The aim is

to produce tough, well-trained fight-

ing men on the squad and platoon

level.

"Chaplains cannot minister to menwe cannot understand," Chaplain

Sullivan said. "I am here to learn

and experience the kind of train-

ing the combat soldier goes through

so that I can better understand his

wants and needs. This should en-

able me to be a more effective chap-

lain."

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CHAPLAIN ASSISTANT TRAIN-ING CONFERENCES—In Febru-

ary of this year two training con-

ferences for chaplains' assistants

were held—one at Aberdeen Proving

Ground, Md.; and the other at

Redstone Arsenal, Ala. This picture

shows the planners at work. Seated,

Chaplain (COL) Lee A. Cousin.

Standing (left to right): Chaplain

(LTC) Homer G. Benton; SGM Arthur

C. Philpot; Chaplain (LTC) JamesV. Coleman.

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CHAPEL DEDICATION. FORTHOOD, TEXAS. On March 26 this

year in an impressive ceremony,

the Second Armored Division Me-morial Chapel was dedicated at

Fort Hood.

Chaplain (LTC) Reginald J. Hueb-ner (right), 2nd Armored Div Chap-

lain, accepts the keys to the Me-morial Chapel from LTG Beverley

E. Powell, III Corps and Fort HoodCommander. The keys ceremony

took place on the steps of the newly

rebuilt chapel. Chaplain, MG, Fran-

cis L. Sampson, Chief of ArmyChaplains, is seen behind Chaplain

Huebner.

Chaplain (BG) NedR. Graves, DeputyChief of U. S. Army Chaplains

(center), and Ch (COL) Lee A.

Cousin, Staff Ch, Hq. U. S. ArmyMateriel Command, present AMCCommander, General Frank Besson,

Jr., a plaque in recognition of his

support of the Commands' Chap-

lain activities. Made on the eve of

General Besson's departure after

%Vz years with AMC.

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Chaplain, COL, Daniel B. Jorgen-sen, Lowry AFB, Colo, (left), pre-

sents a gift of $522.63 to the Leu-kemia Society of America, Inc., as

a memorial to Alan Huebner, SV2-

year-old son of Ch, MAJ, and Mrs.Leslie Huebner (center), who died

of leukemia Jan. 1, 1969. Acceptingthe gift is Dr. Robert Collier of the

Leukemia Society (right).

CHAPLAINS DINNER IN NEWYORK—Terrence Cardinal Cookewas host to 170 chaplains at a din-

ner in Feb at the New York Hilton

Hotel. Chaplains within 250 mile

radius of New York attended. In

photo (left to right): Bishop Wil-

liam Moran; Edwin Chess, AirForce Chief of Chaplains; Cardinal

Cooke; Francis L. Sampson, ArmyChief of Chaplains; James W.Kelly, Navy Chief of Chaplains;

Philip Furlong; and Joseph Hart-man, Asst. Dir. of Chaplaincy Ser-

vices, Veterans Administration.

August 1969

COL Minter L. Wilson, CO, 1st Bri-

gade, 1st Armored Div (2nd fromleft) is presented with a GCC Ap-preciation Certificate for his loyal

support of the religious program of

the unit. By his side is Mrs. Wil-

son. The three chaplains present:

Wayne C. King (left); Whitfield M.McMillan (2nd from right); JohnJ. Hoogland (right).

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MIDWAY MEMORIAL CHAPELwas the scene of an ecumenical

weekend in March, 1969. Rabbi

Kenneth Weiss, Jewish chaplain

from the 14th Naval District Hq.,

was the guest of honor for the four-

day program. The Women of the

Chapel gave a tea reception. Rabbi

Weiss conducted Sabbath service

for members of the Jewish commun-

ity and Sunday services for Pro-

testants. Talks and film stimulated

discussion. Finally, an open house

was held at the chaplains quarters.

In photo (left to right) Chaplain

H. M. Goetz; Rabbi Kenneth Weiss;

and Chaplain J. F. Ulaszek.

Ch, LTC, James W. Davis, USAF, base chaplain at Hq. 831st Combat

Support Group (TAC), George AFB, Calif, presents the first place

award to his choir director, John P. Lotze in the annual choir contest.

This is for the calendar year 1968; and it is the second time in the last

four years that George AFB has won this TAC award. Congratula-

tions to the singing Georgians and their leader!

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OFFUTT AFB, NEB. Holy baptism

for Donald Eugene Synstelien is

administered by Chaplain, COL,Raymond E. Tinsley, Wing chap-

lain. Mrs. Synstelien is a former

WAC secretary to wing SGM Harold

Wilkerson. The absent father is

TSGT Robt. E. Synstelien, now ser-

ving with the 31 Transportation Sqat Tuy Hoa, RSVN. Mrs. Wilker-

son (right) is the godmother.

Chaplains Corps Flag Presentation

to Trinity Parish, Manhattan, from

CDR, 3rd Coast Guard District

and CO, Base, N.Y. Governors Is-

land, Feb. 1969. Left side of Flag:

(L-R): Chaplain P. J. DeRuiter;

Dr. Clifford Morehouse; Dr. John

V. Butler; and RADM J. J. McCel-

land.

Right side of Flag: (L-R): Chaplain

W. N. Detrick; RADM M. A. Whalen;Mr. Warren H. Turner, Jr.; CPTA. C. Wagner; Chaplain D. E. Elli-

ott.

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Chaplain Ralph W. Below (right)

is awarded the Legion of Merit.

Here he is congratulated by NavyChief of Chaplains, RADM JamesW. Kelly (left). Looking on are MGEarl E. Anderson, USMC, DeputyDir. of Personnel, Hq. Marine Corps,

and Mrs. Below. Chaplain Belowis a Southern Baptist chaplain. Hewas honored for outstanding ser-

vice with the 3rd Marine AmphibiousForce.

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Media for Christian Formation. Edited by

William A. Dalglish. George A. Pflaum.

1969. 393 pp. $7.50 paper.

A reference of more than 500 items in

the audio-visual field for use in Christian

teaching, including 155 photographs of the

subject. An excellent tool for those who

strengthen their religious programs by the

effective use of audio-visual resources.

The Small College Library by Sister

Helen Sheehan. Corpus Books. Revised

1969. 232 pp. $6.95.

A valuable operating manual for the

staff of a small library and a helpful intro-

duction to the subject for non-profession-

als who carry library responsibilities.

The Jewish Way in Death and Mourning

by Maurice Lamm. Johathan David.

1969. 265 pp. $5.95 paper.

The new director of personnel for the

Jewish Chaplaincy Commission, National

Jewish Welfare Board, has written a very

informative and helpful reference work.

A worthwhile item for all chapel libraries.

Protestant Christian Evidence by BernardRamm. Moody Press. 1953 and 1967.

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252 pp. $2.25 paper.

The tenth printing of Professor Ramm's

bestseller. An introduction to the field

within evangelical and conservative faith.

Richelieu by D. P. O'Connell. World

Publishing Co. 1969. 509 pp. $10.00 cloth-

bound.

A first-rate study of a towering figure

in seventeenth century Europe. Richelieu

was a political strategist of complex ambi-

tions and great political skill. The author

unfolds the life and struggles of the leading

figure against a rich backdrop of person-

alities, strategies, intrigues, and battles.

Fascinating reading.

Faith and Politics by Richard Niebuhr.

George Braziller, Inc. 1968. 268 pp. $6.50

clothbound.

A treasury of the perceptive com-

mentary of Reinhold Niebuhr, on

America's life and problems for nearly

forty years. Good reading for reflection

and grist for the mill.

The Ecumenical Movement in World

Affairs by Darril Hudson. The National

Press. Inc. 1969. 286 pp. $6.95.

Here is an interesting survey of the

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ecumenical movement from its beginning

and up through today. It shows how the

church has come to interest itself in such

diverse questions as slavery, refugees, the

opium traffic, religious freedom, Germanreparations, international labor conditions,

calendar reform, the economic crisis, andthe rise of the totalitarian state.

The World Council of Churches pro-

visionally formed in 1938 took over the

movement to influence world political

events. According to the author it has

not had a decisive influence over these

events, but there is good evidence for a

considerable substantive effect in the

chosen areas of activity.

Pictorial History of the RAF by JohnW. R. Taylor. Arco. 1969. 202 pp. $4.95.

Volume One 1918-1939, published to

mark the 50th Anniversary of the RAF.Volumes Two and Three will follow. Theevolution and achievements of Britain's

air forces are put into new perspective

against a background of our twentieth

century.

Israel's Wisdom Literature by O. S.

Rankin. Shocken. 1969. 272 pp. $2.45.

The Wisdom Literature of Israel is here

treated from the point of view of the

influence it has had upon the growth andcontent of theological and religious

thought . . . New Testament students will

find in the Wisdom Literature of Israel

theological and religious concepts be-

queathed to the Gospels and to later

Christian thought.

The debt which Christianity owes to the

Wisdom-school is extremely large. Ethical

concepts, faith, the justice and holiness of

God, God's providence, a spiritual God,zeal for social justice, and God's revela-

tion of himself in history— are among the

contributions of the Wisdom-school.

The Centrality of Preaching in the Total

Task of the Ministry by John Killinger.Word Books. 1969. 123 pp. $3.95.

There are those today who would de-

clare a moratorium on preaching. They

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say that preaching doesn't work anymore,

that it is passe and must give way to

audio-visuals, discussion groups, world-

awareness studies, liturgy, etc. Obviously,

the author disagrees; he has an integrated

view of preaching and living. He believes

preaching can make all other activities of

the church more effective.

The Renewal of Preaching by DavidJames Randolph. Fortress Press. 1969.

137 pp. $3.95.

The author of this book says that "a

new preaching is coming to birth in the

travail of our times." We may know whatit is in this definition of preaching:

"Preaching is the event in which the

biblical text is interpreted in order that

its meaning will come to expression in the

concrete situation of the hearers."

The author points out that the emergence

and importance of a new preaching maybe clearly seen in the civil rights move-ment . . . "Preaching is the pivot on which

the Christian revolution turns."

God's Everlasting "Yes" by Ilion T.

Jones. Word Books. 1969. 138 pp. $3.95.

Thirteen excellent sermons by a preacher

and a teacher of preachers.

The preacher "moves boldly into the

busy crossroads of life and discusses with

disarming candor the relationship between

the Christian, his neighbor in the world

community, and the Word of God as they

must converge in our shrinking world."

The Reconciling Community by OrlandoL. Tibbets. Judson Press. 1969. 128 pp.

$2.50.

The author points out that we are

already living in the 21st century —

a

century of change— witness the super-

city, longer life, yet boredom and

crowded streets. Too often the church

has stayed the same in this era of change.

Now a battle is going on inside the church

as to how to face this change. Somemembers are traditionalists, keep the

status quo; others are experimentalists

and feel we should change with the age.

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Actually, the task of the church is to be a

reconciling community; and the author

sets forth his own ideas as to how it

becomes that—what changes are necessary.

Conflict and Change in the Church by

Harold R. Frey, Jr. Pilgrim Press. 1969.

113 pp. $2.95.

This is the story of what happened in

the Eliot Church at Newton, Massachusetts.

It shows how one church decided, as

Harvey Cox put it: "not to avoid con-

flict but to seize upon it as a discipline

for growth and renewal"; "how one band

of Christians met God and served him in

a world of change."

Tomorrow's Church: Catholic, Evangelical,

Reformed by Peter Day. Seabury Press.

1969. 192 pp. $2.95.

Church unity is in the air these days

and this book pushes forward the concept

of ecumenicity. The New Delhi statement

on church unity speaks of "one fully

committed fellowship, holding an apostolic

faith, preaching the one Gospel." This

book gives a fair and balanced statement

of the COCU philosophy (the nine

churches which have joined together in

the Consultation on Church Union).

God Struck Me Dead. Edited by CliftonH. Johnson. Pilgrim Press. 1969. 172

pp. $3.45.

The first in a collection of resources

of primary materials dealing with the

experiences of the black man in America.This fascinating document tells the ex-

periences of religious conversion of Negroslaves. They are presented firsthand by the

ex-slaves themselves in their own way andtheir own words. "Obviously this is morethan a book, it is a piece of America."

Experiences by Arnold Toynbee. OxfordUniversity Press. 1969. 417 pp. $8.75.

Eighty years old, Arnold Toynbee hasseen changes come in the world duringhis lifetime as great as any in history.

This is the nearest thing to an auto-

biography that the world-famous historian

expects to write. Readers will see that he

has lived an abundant life. In addition

to reciting the events of a very full life,

Dr. Toynbee writes of his personal

beliefs, his attitude toward old age,

bereavement and death, and of such

matters of concern to modern man as the

nature of the universe, sin and conscience,

love, and man's struggle to overcomeself-centeredness.

Dr. Toynbee also comments on humanaffairs in his lifetime and gives us someof his interesting verses mostly in Greekand Latin.

Pre-Columbian American Religions by

Walter Krickeberg, Herman Trim-born, Werner Muller, and OttoZerries. Holt, Rinehart and Winston,

Inc. 1969. 365 pp. $8.95.

Two archeologists, Krickeberg andTrimborn, deal with the religious life of

the brilliant civilizations of Mesoamericaand the Andes, which were either an-

nihilated or slowly extinguished by the

colonizing Europeans. Two social anthro-

pologists, Muller and Zerries, discuss the

primitive cultures of North and South

America.

For thousands of years these peoples,

untouched by European influences, de-

veloped their own creation myths, fertility

rites, rituals of ancestor worship, puberty

rites, burial customs, as well as masks,

shields, and ceremonial statues— a truly

immense variety of cultural forms.

John Calvin by Williston Walker.Shocken Books, Inc. 1969. 456 pp. $7.50,

cloth; $2.95 paper.

This book was first published in 1906.

Roland Bainton says: "Walker's Calvin

after half-a-century is still the best in

our tongue." And the American Historical

Review comments: "No other equally

brief life has so well assimilated the vast

amount of material or summed up Calvin's

character or career with so much insight

... It is a book whose scholarship will

appeal to both the church historian and

the general historical reader."

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Morality Without Law by Walter F.

Ewbank. World Publishing Co., 1969.

150 pp. $4.50.

These are days of moral confusion:

man is alone and lost. Ewbank points

out4that there are four words that

characterize human life today: dread,

abandonment, anguish, despair (p. 8).

Moreover modern man has lost the

traditional principles of Christian morality

—which involve God and an authoritarian

moral law. Even so, can you build a

morality, discover principles of right and

wrong, without the traditional law?

Ewbank says yes and gives us in this booka practical guide to high moral principles

that stand apart from traditional Christian

legalism.

The Christian New Morality by O. SydneyBarr. Oxford University Press. 1969.

118 pp. $4.00.

Building on modern situation ethics,

Professor Barr supplies a fundamental

biblical and theological grounding for

this new concept of right and wrong. Hecontends that Christian love— the biblical

agape— is the ultimate criterion for all

decision-making. Agape is love with re-

sponsibility, love in action. Throughoutthe book, he shows that the New Morality

is actually a summons to accept the age-

old Christian gospel with renewed serious-

ness.

Young People and Their Culture byRoss Snyder. Abingdon Press. 1969.

221 pp. $4.50.

In his Preface (intent) the author states:

"This book is a panorama of possibilities,

a pattern of enterprises whose horizon is

completely personal. It suggests staging

areas where a cluster of people-on-the-

make would expand into life rather than

shrivel into mediocrity and impotence.

And clues by which they could shape a

society rather than surrender to massageby the gods of masscomm and stultifica-

tion by fear of peers."

Snyder presents an invitation and op-

portunity to youth to: Create a world

culture— and thus culture yourself; be

"poetry of the present," break out into

being; move into a life style of celebration.

The New Generation by Dennis C.

Benson. John Knox Press. 1969. 144 pp.

$2.45.

The new generation is the irreverent

generation: the humanistic generation;

the experiental generation; the anti-work

generation; the anti-war generation . . .

What is said about the now generation will

shock and scandalize some but the author

himself points out that the statements

"do not apply to every young person."

And the author is convinced that the

generations need each other.

Sex Through the Looking- Glass by

Lambert T. Dolphin, Jr. and CarrollE. Gallivan. Good News Publishers.

1968.63 pp. 50 cents.

A Christian treatment of sex. Theauthors' point of view is that sex was given

by God to man to be a most holy and

sacred aspect of his nature; and only as

God is at the center of life does sex becomeone of the richest and most wonderful

experiences of the individual.

Paul and Philippians by James P.

Berkeley. Judson Press. 1969. 62 pp.

$1.50

A brief, readable, and reliable com-mentary on Paul's epistle of joy. Dr. A. T.

Robertson said when Paul wrote Philip-

pians "he had a Hallelujah Chorus in his

heart."

Churches of the Holy Land by GerardBushell. Funk & Wagnalls. 1969. 192 pp.

$12.50.

I can only say— I wish I had had this

guide before I visited the Holy Land.

Father Bushell in this magnificent volumeblends history, religion, architecture and,

most important, the spirit of these hal-

lowed houses of worship. Stories and

photographs of the revered churches of

the Holy Land bring them to life.

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Numbers by Martin Noth. Westminster

Press. 1969.' 258 pp. $6.50.

Another commentary in the valuable

Old Testament Library. Noth, until his

sudden death in May, 1968, was Professor

of Old Testament in the University of

Bonn. Noth is also the author of the

commentaries on Exodus and Leviticus

in the OTL series. The author explores

the literary structure, content, and im-

portance of Numbers.

A Dictionary of Christian Theology.

Edited by Alan Richardson. West-

minister Press. 1969. 364 pp. $8.50.

What do you want to know— something

about the Baptists or Karl Barth, some-

thing about miracles or modernism,

something about predestination or Pres-

byterianism, etc., etc. You'll find it, at

least in brief fashion, here in this

dictionary. Thirty-six British and Ameri-

can theologians have contributed to this

volume. They treat the important words

of theology, brief biographies of religious

teachers, dogmas, doctrines, religious

ceremonies and the like.

The Nature of Man. Edited by Paul

Edwards. Macmillan. 1968. 343 pp. $7.95.

After a lengthy introduction by Erich

Fromm and Ramon Hirau, this reader

presents 72 selections of man's philoso-

phical inquiries into the nature of man.

Excerpts are from such sources as the

Upanishads, the early Christian mystics,

the rationalist philosophers, contemporary

sociology, and the like. What is man?

. . . "The understanding of man's nature

has never been more difficult than in our

contemporary industrial society . . . manhas concentrated all his energies on the

production and consumption of things . . .

there is a danger that man may forget

he is a man . .." Although it is difficult

to understand himself today, such under-

standing was never more necessary.

The Grim Reapers by Ed Reid. Henry

Regnery Co. 1969. 344 pp. $6.95.

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We all know that there is such a thing

as "organized crime," but few of us know

what it is, what is involved, who con-

trols it. That is what this book is all

about. The author surveys the workings

of the syndicate, city by city; he names

the leaders; he exposes their rackets and

their vast power. If any book ever

shakes you— this one will! Ed Reid points

out that "we have been attacked right

here in our own country and we are

losing the war."

Is there any hope? Vigilance is the

watchword and information is one of the

keys to eventual success. Here is informa-

tion from one who knows.

Achieve Executive Success and Avoid

Family Failure by Jules Archer. Grosset

& Dunlap. 1969. 176 pp. $5.95.

This book is all about the executive

"rat race" as it affects the family life

of the executive. The author shows how

the fragmented businessman must make

agonizing priority choices between corpora-

tion and family. The businessman may

achieve success but may lose his own

soul-or his family. Help is given step by

step for sidestepping the pitfalls and

averting tragedy.

Isaiah 40-66 by CLAUS WESTERMANN.Westminister Press. 1969. 429 pp. $8.50.

Another commentary in the Old Testa-

ment Library. This section of Isaiah is

often thought of as the high point of

the Old Testament; to it Westermann,

Professor of Old Testament at the

University of Heidelberg, brings his store-

house of scholarship. The result is a

historical, exegetical, and theological

commentary of tremendous depth.

The Wind of the Spirit by JAMES S.

STEWART. Abingdon Press. 1968. 191

pp. $3.95.

James S. Stewart, famous Scottish

preacher, is a poetic writer and speaker.

He can take a verse of Scripture, dig

out its meaning, walk around it, and make

it relevant to this day and hour— and

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you'll love it — what he has to say and

how he says it. As the blurb says: "TheWind of the Spirit blows across the miles,

across the centuries, bringing a breath

of hope into our twentieth-century

society. It brings a proclamation of NewTestament faith — so essential to any

time— proclaimed in the prophetic voice

of the master preacher."

Toward Disengagement in Asia by

BERNARD K. GORDON. Prentice-

Hall, Inc. 1969. 186 pp. $5.95.

The writer of this book is Southeast

Asia Project Chairman, Research Analy-

sis Corporation. With a fresh and original

approach. Dr. Gordon examines the

critical international issues in East Asia

today. He does not say that we should

pull completely out of Asia, nor get out

now. But he does say that Asian effort

and Asian manpower should become

the primary means of providing for

Asian security. He addresses himself to

the question: How can the nations of

Asia together organize Asia for its de-

velopment in peace?

Demands on Ministry Today by GEORGEW. BARRETT. Seabury Press. 1969. 165

pp. $3.50.

In a day when men are turning from the

ministry, Bishop Barrett feels that the

ministry is a noble challenge; that clergy-

men must -in all- Honesty "lead congrega-

tions, pioneer in theological thinking

and moral issues, become involved in con-

flict in the parish and in the communityof which the parish is a part.

Dialogue Preaching by WILLIAM D.

THOMPSON & GORDON C. BEN-NETT. Judson Press. 1969. 158 pp. $4.95.

"The Shared Sermon," as the sub-

title says, is an exciting new form of

preaching. Two persons occupy the pulpit

jointly; they share their ideas and open

up a subject for further thought by the

congregation. Two gifted authors analyze

the nature, varieties, and functions of

dialogue preaching.

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New York, N. Y. 10017

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New York, N.Y. 10010HOLT, RINEHART & WINSTON, INC.,

383 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y.

10017

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mond, Va. 23209JONATHAN DAVID, PUBLISHERS,

131 E. 23rd St., New York, N. Y.

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Chicago, 111.60610

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delphia, Pa. 19102

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Cliffs, N.J. 07632HENRY REGNERY CO., 114 W. Illinois

St., Chicago, 111.60610

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New York, N.Y. 10016THE WESTMINSTER PRESS, Wither-

spoon Bld2., Philadelphia, Pa. 19107WORD BOOKS, 5030 W. Waco Dr., Waco,

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CONSULTATIVE AND CONTRIBUTING BODIESChurch of Christ, Scientist

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The General Commission is a permanent conference on the chaplaincy, aninstrument of its member denominations in liaison with the Federal Govern-ment in matters affecting the chaplaincy and the moral and religious welfareof armed forces personnel and veterans.

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Executive Staff, The General Commission on Chaplains andArmed Forces Personnel

Left: Dr. A. Ray Appelquist, Executive SecretaryRight: Dr. Lawrence P. Fitzgerald, Director, Department of Ministry to

Armed Forces Personnel

ContributorsCECIL COFFEY is a freelance writer living on Route #5, Hendersonville,

N.C.

CASPAR NANNES, formerly religious editor of the Washington Star,

now retired and freelancing, 4200 Cathedral Avenue, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20015

GEORGE A. WRIGHT (CPT) is Force Chaplain, CINCUSNAVEUR,London, England.

ROBERT F. HEMPHILL, USAF, (Ret), now lives in Japan and is a special

lecturer at Tokyo Union Theological Seminary, Tokyo, Japan.

JOHN C. HANEY, LCDR, is a chaplain at the Naval Chaplains School,

Naval Schools Command, Newport, R.I. 02840

PHOTO CREDITS: page 5, Louis C. Williams; pages 11-15, 38-39, U.S.

Navy; pages 16-19, 41-44, U.S. Army; pages 20-23, 55; Impact News

Photo; pages 26-28, U.S. Air Force; pages 46-57, U.S. Army, U.S. Air

Force, U.S. Navy; page 51, Betty Jane Nevis.

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AERIAL VIEW OF BAGSHOTPARKSince World War II, Church Houses have been put on a

permanent footing in various parts of the world. One of these

is Bagshot Park in England—which serves as a Depot for

Chaplains and the Church House for the United Kingdom.Here groups of men and women of all ranks have met together

and studied the Christian faith and its impact on their lives

and work.

Turn to pages 10-15 and read the complete story.

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